Wednesday, September 28, 2005

My Father

One day I decided to Google my Father to see if there were any references to him. I had my doubts since he had died in 1977 but I was hopefull that I would find a good nugget and I was EXCITED
to find out about his service in the Second World War.
My father served in the Pacfic in WWII. In 1945 he was on the USS FRANCIS M. ROBINSON which was a destroyer escort.
The crew of the USS Robinson rescued a crew from a British ship
called the REGENT LION . Here is a 1st person account about my Father's role in the rescue of the HMS Regent Lion.
"On 17 February 1945, the Francis M. Robinson was on their fourth of five convoy escorts to the North African ports. As the eastbound convoy passed through the Straits of Gilbraltar (map below), two merchant ships exploded, having been torpedoed by U-300 (details of U-300 below). One of the torpedoes, possibly acoustic, passed directly under the Robinson"
“We went alongside the torpedoed tanker, which was awash at the stern, and got pumps and hoses aboard to keep her afloat. It was a hairy maneuver in a choppy sea. We put fenders over to avoid sparks from the two ships rubbing each other and igniting her cargo of aviation gasoline. We could see fumes rising in the air. When Charlie Krull got his damage control party aboard, the tanker captain came aft, offered Charlie a cigar, and lit both of them with all the fumes rising around us! I was horrified, but the captain was just trying to show Charlie his appreciation for our saving his ship.”
This was way cool to find this. I am glad I can put it out on this page.He was a good man
I wish he was here to see himself on the Web .

4 comments:

kostas said...

I was a sailor in our navy too.I love all man who have served military navy in their countries.
I think you are a great son.
Regards from Greece.
kostas
RHNAVY 1965-1967.

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